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11 years ago
Was pretty much a great time. And I didnt even drink anything! :O WHAT ALIEN WORLD HAVE I STEPPED ONTO FULL OF UNTRUTHS!?
I got to meet a ton of cool folks, including our charity people(Omar, Isabele and.. the one.. whose name I could never remember. Because she was quiet. OH SO QUIET. I think we scared her a little, lol), and some people who knew me from FA! They were super duper stoked to finally meet the furry community(as otaku themselves Im sure they heard plenty of nasty heresay about us).
Did a lot of hanging out with other fursuit makers and artists(It was super cool to meet
ampdragoness) and generally make farting noises with our mouths. Midori was there in her amazing night fury costume. All weekend. As usual. She slips into and out of costumes but I think there is nothing left of her mortal form but bones enough to hold the costumes together. HER FLESH LONG AGO SWEATED AWAY.
Sad I couldnt make it to FWA, I always have a riot there, but FtM was pretty great and definitely the balm I needed. Next year I might even stay in the hotel. The windows fucking open! WHAT IS THAT EVEN.
The best part about FtM by far was the "Why I hate the fandom panel", which was like.. all artists making faces at each other, and one drunk guy who couldnt stop shouting about how great furry was, and one hipster who tried to be a debbie downer, but I yelled at him and he went away. SUCH IS MY POWER. It was so nice to gab with other artists and generally be salty, vinegary chip people and vent. That shit will EAT YOU UP inside, you dont even know! Unless you've worked retail, then I'm sure you know EXACTLY what its like to be self employed. I think they should establish a similar panel at every big convention. I think it would benefit a lot of artists to feel they had a place where it was okay to vent and let off frustration without fear of reprisal or looking like angry dicks to a potential client base.
Oh! And fuck what else was there. I didn't get to do A LOT because I was staffing, but the few things I got around to doing were SUPER OH YEAH
So there was a rainbow girls event downstairs(Baby lady masons, basically)- and this mom and her 3 daughters- I'd guess around 12, 8 and 3-4- got stuck in this phone alcove as the fursuit parade went by.
OMFG. That little girl was having the TIME OF HER LIFE. "LOOK MOM AN OWL! LOOK ANOTHER BIRD! LOOK ITS A DOGGIE!", just running between peoples legs and high fiving and hugging everyone that would have it. She tried to take one home at one point, too. It was so adorable. After the parade was over, she looked at her mom with a grin that just about split her head in half and said "I told you animals could talk". ALIEUWOIQUJEOWQ(@)!* #)@*I#KJDLFKSDKN*$)@#JKLALDKJASLDALJS
best part of the con was that little kid, hands down
I got to meet a ton of cool folks, including our charity people(Omar, Isabele and.. the one.. whose name I could never remember. Because she was quiet. OH SO QUIET. I think we scared her a little, lol), and some people who knew me from FA! They were super duper stoked to finally meet the furry community(as otaku themselves Im sure they heard plenty of nasty heresay about us).
Did a lot of hanging out with other fursuit makers and artists(It was super cool to meet
ampdragoness) and generally make farting noises with our mouths. Midori was there in her amazing night fury costume. All weekend. As usual. She slips into and out of costumes but I think there is nothing left of her mortal form but bones enough to hold the costumes together. HER FLESH LONG AGO SWEATED AWAY. Sad I couldnt make it to FWA, I always have a riot there, but FtM was pretty great and definitely the balm I needed. Next year I might even stay in the hotel. The windows fucking open! WHAT IS THAT EVEN.
The best part about FtM by far was the "Why I hate the fandom panel", which was like.. all artists making faces at each other, and one drunk guy who couldnt stop shouting about how great furry was, and one hipster who tried to be a debbie downer, but I yelled at him and he went away. SUCH IS MY POWER. It was so nice to gab with other artists and generally be salty, vinegary chip people and vent. That shit will EAT YOU UP inside, you dont even know! Unless you've worked retail, then I'm sure you know EXACTLY what its like to be self employed. I think they should establish a similar panel at every big convention. I think it would benefit a lot of artists to feel they had a place where it was okay to vent and let off frustration without fear of reprisal or looking like angry dicks to a potential client base.
Oh! And fuck what else was there. I didn't get to do A LOT because I was staffing, but the few things I got around to doing were SUPER OH YEAH
So there was a rainbow girls event downstairs(Baby lady masons, basically)- and this mom and her 3 daughters- I'd guess around 12, 8 and 3-4- got stuck in this phone alcove as the fursuit parade went by.
OMFG. That little girl was having the TIME OF HER LIFE. "LOOK MOM AN OWL! LOOK ANOTHER BIRD! LOOK ITS A DOGGIE!", just running between peoples legs and high fiving and hugging everyone that would have it. She tried to take one home at one point, too. It was so adorable. After the parade was over, she looked at her mom with a grin that just about split her head in half and said "I told you animals could talk". ALIEUWOIQUJEOWQ(@)!* #)@*I#KJDLFKSDKN*$)@#JKLALDKJASLDALJS
best part of the con was that little kid, hands down
I had a similar experience with my friend who has a rat costume and I as a deer.
We were sitting down outside the bathrooms when a 3-4 yr old girl dressed in a pink party dress comes over to us eyes pleading she says "excuse me umm....excuse me...where do you live?
We say we live in an apartment. Then she insists again "umm excuse me where is you house?"
We say we live in NewYork.
Then I say "hey look at your dress, its the same color as his hands! They're both pink!"
She smiles! Then asks my rat buddy "Can you jump?"
Without missing a beat my bud says "Uh...I don't know....could you show me how?"
She starts hopping upon down and he gets up and joins her. She pretty much thought this was the best thing ever. We parted ways after many high fives. I work as a children's photographer at a major museum so this warmed my heart extra.
Also can I say we met briefly and you were such a sweetheart I was really blown away. I've had negative experiences with other makers I've admired when met in person so I'm always slightly intimidated to meet new ones. I know you probably get the same questions and comments a million times so I really appreciate how down to earth and awesome you were.
Thanks for chatting with me.
Also omfggggg kids are so adorable with fursuits
I was definitely getting to vent amongst the Artist Alley and Artist Lounge sessions though X)
You're totally right about artists being able to vent tho... It happens all to seldom, ESPECIALLY at cons, and there should totally be such events at all cons, if not a con for artists themselves. HA! 8D
I remember seeing a couple kids in awe at the giant fuzzy beings walking around it was pretty cute :3
I believe I passed by you ONCE! Hheheheheh sorry I couldn't exchange more words other than, "Hey Artslave!" Glad you had a fun con, it really was a good time =)
Haha, its cool man! We'll get some facetime one of these days :D I'm glad you had fun, we worked our butts off so its good it paid off :)
That's a future furry right there.
I had a great time there! Probably gonna try to make it there a lot more in the future too. \o/